How to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials on Mac

Game summary

DLC pack 1 cannot be purchased outside of the expansion pass. This first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild doesn't include any story additions but does include new side quests, armour, features and a new trial. Master mode is a new game mode which makes all monsters stronger and gives them regenerating health. You'll also encounter powerful new enemies, and even enemies and treasure chests up in the air. The Trial of the Sword is a new challenge where you start with no equipment, and has to fight through 45 rooms of enemies. Your reward: powering up the Master Sword. Hero's Path allows you to see the path you've travelled. About 200 hours of gameplay can be tracked. Travel medallion is a new item which allows you to register your location as a travel gate on the map. The Korok Mask is Found in a chest. If equipped, it will shake to inform you when a Korok is nearby. There are also eight hidden items for you to find. The following items, which pay tribute to The Legend of Zelda series, can now be found scattered across Hyrule: Majora's Mask, Midna's Helmet, Tingle's Hood, Tingle's Shirt, Tingle's Tights, Phantom Helmet, Phantom Armor and Phantom Greaves.
First released: Jun 2017

Play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Master Trials like you would on any PC.
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